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Hon-Hai finds the iPhone a double-edged sword

Hon-Hai finds the iPhone a double-edged sword

Opinion & Analysis Mobile & Telco

No doubt Hon Hai Precision Industry was pleased with itself when it won the contract to produce a mobile phone for Apple. More business would mean more profit for the company, headquartered in Taiwan but able to access the world's largest pool of cheap labour in the 'People's' Republic of China. But the iPhone is a double-edged sword. Media darling that Apple has become, each of its moves comes under intense scrutiny from an industry seeing the benefit of having any...



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